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1) Ginger Pye
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Five months ago, Liv's big brother, Jonah, shot himself. It was an accident. He didn't know that the gun was loaded. But the damage was done. Now he won't ever be leaving their small mill town like he planned. Jonah can't speak, can't walk, can't take care of himself at all. Their house is full of machines and nurses working around the clock to keep Jonah alive. Liv's mom is struggling to cope with the aftermath, so Liv ends up being the one to soothe...
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Language
English
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At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When their house mysteriously explodes and they are sent to live with an unknown relative named Grandma X, twelve-year-old twins Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they are troubletwisters, young Wardens just coming into their powers, who must protect humanity from The Evil trying to break into Earth's dimension.
Are you a troubletwister? Jaide and Jack Shield's lives are changing in a very, very strange way. The weather is turning against them. Magical...
Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A young American couple is touring Germany with their two children. During an Alpine hike, the parents, eager to hunt mushrooms down the slope, settle their drowsy children to nap in the glade. When the kids awake, the sun has set and they are alone, their world changed. They are found eventually by strangers and returned to an America they might have never known.
6) Any day now
Author
Series
Sullivan's Crossing volume 02
Language
English
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For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn't yet clear. A visit with her big brother Cal and his new bride, Maggie, seems to be the best option to help her get back on her feet. Not wanting to burden or depend on anyone, Sierra is surprised to find the Crossing offers so much more than a place to rest her head. Cal and Maggie welcome her into their busy lives...
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Unraveling the past comes at a price ... Supporting her brother between his spells in prison costs Amanda Clifford more than money. She loses friends and always has to move. But he's the only family she's ever known. Until, that is, she's told that a great aunt has left her a cottage. The only catch: her brother isn't allowed to live there with her. Can she really leave him? When she befriends the cottage's current occupier, her hopes grow. This is...
11) Rad!
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this family-oriented picture book, one brave cat discovers how rad trying new things can be! Esther, Chester, Hester, and Sylvester are stoked to shred at the skate park! But unlike his daring brothers and sisters, Lester is a total fraidy-cat. Skateboarding doesn't come easily to him -- and with only nine lives to spare, why should he risk one on the half-pipe? When Lester sees how much fun his family is having, he decides to give it a shot anyway......
12) The nest
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Language
English
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A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives. Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront...
Author
Publisher
Pelican Book Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bobbi Snow is more at home behind an easel than on the golf green. After all, being a pro golfer was her twin brother's goal and her father's obsession. But when Bobbi's careless accident causes a fire that leaves her brother crippled, she's determined to dust off her clubs and follow his dream. Playing the hero might be the only way to save her splintering family. Maybe then her father will forgive her. But can she ever forgive herself?
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Danita knows that nobody's perfect, but it's never easy to admit that might include your own parents Danita's parents love to remind their daughter that she weighed less than a loaf of bread when she was born, but now that she's almost fourteen and perfectly healthy, Danita really wishes they'd give her some space. Obviously still in love and completely devoted to their family, even Danita's best friend, Laredo, thinks Mr. and Mrs. Merritt are the...
Author
Series
Blotto and Twinks mystery volume 2
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A pair of aristocrat siblings must find a killer to clear their chauffeur's name when a weekend house party goes awry in this historical mystery. Hurrah for the return of that intrepid duo: Blotto (handsome, honorable, not the sharpest knife in the drawer), and his sister Twinks (just a bit brainier than a girl should be)! As this is the 1920s, they are of course attending a weekend house party, where -- how astonishing! -- a murder is announced....
16) The last spell
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Kara and her brother Taff must find the hidden pieces of Princess Evangeline's grimoire to defeat Rygoth and her army of witches in one last good-versus-evil battle.
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English
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In The Berenstain Bears Honesty Counts the Bear family is headed out for the annual cub campout and are especially excited about the canoe race down Rapid River. Who will win the big race and ribbons? The competition between Brother and Sister's team and Too-Tall's gang is fierce. But when Too-Tall and his gang decide that winning is the most important thing-even more important than telling the truth-Preacher Brown makes sure the cubs remember just...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A young prodigy in need of family. A painting that shatters a woman's peace. And a decades-old mystery demanding to be solved. Australia, 1906 Orphan Jane Piper is nine years old when philanthropist siblings Michael and Elizabeth Quinn take her into their home to further her schooling. The Quinns are no strangers to hardship. Having arrived in Australia as penniless immigrants, they now care for others as lost as they once were. Despite Jane's mysterious...
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Language
English
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He knows all about women, or so he thought... Dexter Yates leads a charmed existence in London, with money, looks, and girlfriends galore. Life's fantastic until Dex's sister dies and his world changes overnight. Astonishing everyone, including himself, Dex leaves the city behind, takes charge of his eight-month-old niece Delphi, moves to a beautiful Cotswolds village, and sets about working on his parenting skills. His neighbors, including cartoonist...
20) Long shadows
Author
Series
Warriors power of three volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Firestar's three grandchildren, Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Jaypaw, struggle to restore faith in StarClan as Sol works to tear apart the bonds between Clans and turn them away from their warrior ancestors.
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